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Monday, 25 January 2016

Aionus

Aionus was a special, 10th anniversary miniature that was released in 2015 during the Black Friday sale. It's an unusual model in that it comes fully assembled (unfortunately, there are some nasty gaps that have to be dealt with before it can be painted) and unlike standard plastic Wyrd models, it is cast in PVC. The quality of this miniature is pretty good although removing the mold lines was a bit annoying as the material is made of is much softer than plastic...

I wanted the paintjob to somehow reflect his skills with manipulating time and matter and found a very good source of inspiration in Curtis Shoemake's article in the latest issue of Chronicles. I painted the clock and Aionus' hands and feet in a way that I thought would represent his unusual skills.

I've seen some really nice paintjobs on his cloak, some people chose to paint a starry sky pattern and I liked the idea. However, I also wanted to try something new and unique and decided to use nail polish with small bits of glitter mixed inside.

Aionus is a 12 soulstone Mercenary Henchman who can move scheme markers and support friendly models by giving them Fast (as long as he discards a card of value higher than the target model cost). He can also hand out slow to enemy models and has a few offensive tricks up his tattered sleeve. His entire stat card can actually be seen in a preview at Wyrd's website.